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[USA] C Everett Koop
has died aged 96 ... His most significant impact, however, was on smoking. ... enraging not only the powerful American tobacco industry but also the lawmakers of Washington, DC (grateful recipients of the industry's generous campaign funds), with his ins
May 6, 2013
Electronic Telegraph (uk)
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May 7, 2013 22:47
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Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Launch New Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use
today announced an ambitious, three-year collaboration to accelerate progress in reducing tobacco use, the nation's leading cause of preventable death. This new initiative comes as the United States nears the 50th anniversary of the first Surgeon General
Apr 11, 2013
Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids (CTFK)
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Apr 12, 2013 00:50
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Fact Sheet - Smoking in the Movies - Smoking & Tobacco Use
The data suggest that current movie studio policies are not sufficient to maintain reductions in on-screen tobacco incidents, as studios with policies had more incidents in 2012 than in 2010. Several strategies have been identified to reduce youth expos
Mar 25, 2013
Centers for Disease Control (CDC)
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Apr 10, 2013 13:05
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ARCHIVE: MEANINGS & MOTIVES Experts Debating Tobacco Addiction (10/1/2008) [FREE FULL TEXT]
We investigated influences on these opposing definitions and their application in expert witness testimony in litigation in the 1990s and 2000s. ... WHEN 7 TOBACCO INDUSTRY chief executive officers (CEOs) swore before the US Congress in 1994 that nicotin
Oct 1, 2008
National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)
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Apr 4, 2013 12:04
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Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Richard Carmona Joins NJOY Electronic Cigarettes’ Board of Directors
Dr. Carmona will provide strategic counsel to the company on public health and regulatory issues and spearhead NJOY’s research on the harm reduction potential of electronic cigarettes. “Dr. Carmona is an important addition to NJOY’s Board and we are
Mar 25, 2013
Business Wire
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Mar 25, 2013 09:33
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Former US surgeon general joining board of electronic cigarette maker
Former U.S. surgeon general Richard Carmona ... is joining the board of directors for NJOY Inc., the nation's leading electronic cigarette company ... "I'm probably going to be (the company's) biggest critic. ... I still look at my job as being a doctor o
Mar 24, 2013
AP - Associated Press
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Mar 24, 2013 15:49
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Legacy Remembers C. Everett Koop - A True Leader and Hero in Public Health
At Legacy, we looked up to him for being a pioneer in tobacco control - educating the nation about the dangers of the addictiveness of nicotine in cigarettes and the impact of secondhand smoke.
Feb 26, 2013
American Legacy Foundation
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Mar 21, 2013 10:42
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GUEST OPINION: Koop understood smoking's mayhem
Dr. Koop seemed Lincolnesque with his beard and serious demeanor. He was sincerely motivated and determined to educate the public about the dangers of tobacco. He did indeed want to free the tobacco slaves. Had he been more successful it is unlikely that
Mar 17, 2013
Fall River (MA) Herald News
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Mar 17, 2013 11:21
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80s Promo Video for the Tobacco Institute, A Pro-Smoking Trade Group
The video trumpets the many pro-tobacco activities undertaken by the group, including: lobbying politicians to prevent the passage of smoking laws, fact-checking and disputing anti-smoking statements by the Surgeon General, and researching public attitude
Mar 9, 2013
Laughing Squid (blog)
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Mar 10, 2013 11:53
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DAYNARD: Stubbing Out Cigarettes for Good
This provides an opportunity for states, counties and cities to adopt the Smokefree Generation, a proposal by A. J. Berrick, a mathematics professor in Singapore. The idea is simple: no one born in or after 2000 can ever be sold cigarettes.
Mar 4, 2013
New York Times
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Mar 4, 2013 05:31